Quoting: Jarmo
I was trying to be nice but... Uh ok, this seems to be a quintessential post that misrepresents each player and their unequal merit. You are not wrong in saying "uh because the Avalanche could benefit from getting a decent third-line player" but is reasonable to assume that it is doubtful for a Top 6 forward in J.D, with millions of dollars in salary retention, could ever equate to Jonas Donskoi and a 6th round pick.
Jonathan Drouin - Games Played - 352
Jonathan Drouin - Points - 212
Jonas Donskoi - Games Played - 350
Jonas Donskoi - 156 Points
I was not trying to be rude, I honestly wanted to know why this trade made sense to both teams.
Thank you.
Drouin does have more points than Donskoi, but Donskoi brings a lot more off the puck than Drouin does.
It's an interesting trade proposal, and it would save Colorado some capspace and get a better player - in a vacuum.
However, as
@coga16 said, Drouin isn't a good fit on the 3rd line, nor is he a good fit for Bednar's style which requires strong two-way play and back-checking from forwards.
That being the case, despite it being a good trade value-wise, it's just not a good fit. Unless of course you try to squeeze Drouin into a very sheltered offensive role on the 2nd line somehow, like this for example:
Landeskog ---- Mackinnon ---- Rantanen
Drouin ------------- Kadri --------- Nichuskin
Saad -------------- Compher ----- Burakovsky
Calvert ---------- Bellemare ----- Jost